kwenyegeza

How to say it

Meaning

To light a fire or a flame and make it burn up, and by extension to keep something going or make it spread, such as an infection.

Good to know

Best known from kwenyegeza urumuri rw'icyizere, lighting the flame of hope, at the opening of the genocide commemoration each April. For lighting a lamp or a stove, gucana is the everyday word.

Examples

• Umukuru w'igihugu yenyegeje urumuri rw'icyizere ku Gisozi.The head of state lit the flame of hope at Gisozi.
• Umuyaga wenyegeza umuriro, ugakwira ishyamba ryose.The wind fans the fire, and it spreads through the whole forest.

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